Veranstaltungstipp

Mittwoch, 10. Mai 2017, 17:00 - 19:00 iCal

Invitation to the INAUGURAL LECTURE

The Language of Technology

Großer Festsaal im Hauptgebäude der Universität Wien
Universitätsring 1, 1010 Wien

Antrittsvorlesung, Public Lecture


MARK COECKELBERGH

is Professor of Philosophy of Media and Technology at the Faculty of Philosophy and Education at the University of Vienna (since December 2015).

 

Born in 1975 in Leuven, Belgium, Mark Coeckelbergh studied Social Sciences and Political Sciences at the University of Leuven, Belgium and Social Philosophy at the University of East Anglia, UK. 2003 Ph.D. at the University of Birmingham, UK. 2003 – 2006 Lecturer in Philosophy at Maastricht University, Netherlands. 2007 – 2014 Assistant Professor at the University of Twente, Netherlands. 2012 – 2014 Managing Director at the 3TU. (now 4TU.) Centre for Ethics and Technology, Netherlands. Since 2014 Full Professor of Technology and Social Responsibility at the Centre for Computing and Social Responsibility at De Montfort University, UK (part time since December 2015). 2014 – 2016 Leader of work packages in European projects (FP7 projects DREAM and SATORI). Since 2016 Vice-President/President-Elect of the Society for Philosophy and Technology.

 

Current research areas:

Philosophy of technology, including philosophy of robotics, automation and artificial intelligence; Ethics, such as virtue ethics, ethics of technology, ethics of robotics, ethics of information technology, computer ethics, health care ethics, environmental ethics, animal ethics; Moral philosophy; Philosophy of language; Epistemology; Philosophical anthropology; Phenomenology and hermeneutics.

 

Current research topics:

Technology and language; Politics and technology; Technology and performing arts; Technology and creativity; Ethics of human-robot interaction; Responsibility.


Veranstalter

Fakultät für Philosophie und Bildungswissenschaft


Kontakt

Brigitte Adler
Universität Wien
Öffentlichkeitsarbeit
4277/17502
brigitte.adler@univie.ac.at